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Exclusive: We hear that 1923 actress Natalie Grace has joined the cast of Atomic Monster and Blumhouse’s Lee Cronin’s The Mummy along with young thespians Shylo Molina and Billie Roy.

The pic, which stars Jack Reynor, Laia Costa, Veronica Falcón, May Calamawy and May Elghety, is currently lensing in Spain and Ireland. Cronin is at the helm as both writer and director, and producing under his Doppelgängers banner. Pic’s logline is under wraps (ba-dum chsh!).

The New Line movie hits theaters April 17, 2026.

James Wan, Jason Blum and John Keville are producers on the film. Michael Clear and Judson Scott serve as executive producers.

Grace starred opposite Brandon Sklenar in Paramount+’s Taylor Sheridan series 1923 in the role of Hildy. She also plays the The Princess in Adrien Boubil’s fantasy medieval movie Raymar. Grace is represented by Carol Shaginaw Talent Agency and DreamScope Entertainment.

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Chicago – The 2025 Chicago Critics Film Festival (Ccff) wrapped on May 8th with a big-finish screening of “A Little Prayer,” featuring Jane Levy (“Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist”) and directed by Angus MacLachlan. Both appeared on the red carpet and answered audience questions after the screening. For details on “A Little Prayer,” click 2025 Ccff Closing Night.

Jane Levy of ‘A Little Prayer’ at the 2025 Ccff Closing Night

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In a family odd coupling, a patriarch (David Strathaim) discovers his son (Will Pullen) is having an affair. Distraught, he seeks to protect his beloved daughter-in-law Tammy (Jane Levy). As the situation grows more concerning, the situation hits a bit too close to the home and family.

Angus MacLachlan of ‘A Little Prayer’ at the 2025 Ccff Closing Night

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This article is part of ScreenRant's Exclusive Summer 2025 Movie Preview. Keep an eye out for the full feature next week!

ScreenRant exclusive image offers a new look at the unrated The Toxic Avenger reboot. Written and directed by Macon Blair, the movie is based on Lloyd Kaufman's 1984 cult classic and stars Peter Dinklage as Winston Gooze, Kevin Bacon as Bob Garbinger, Elijah Wood as Fritz Garbinger, Taylour Paige as J.J., Jacob Tremblay as Wade, Jane Levy as an insurance rep, among others. Despite originally being scheduled for a 2023 release, the project encountered significant delays as it searched for a distributor and is finally arriving in theaters on August 29.

Now, ScreenRant exclusively unveils the first look at Paige's new character in The Toxic Avenger reboot. Check out the image below:

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We’re still waiting for a new Pope, but blessings are flowing in the indie film sector. “A Little Prayer,” the acclaimed drama that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival in 2023, has secured North American distribution after the breakdown of its original deal.

Written and directed by “Junebug” scribe Angus MacLachlan, “A Little Prayer” resonated with Sundance audiences thanks to its small, grounded storytelling and emotional performances from leads David Strathairn and Jane Levy. Music Box Films will now take the film out for a theatrical release later in 2025.

Two years ago, Sony Pictures Classics scooped up the project in Park City. In late 2023, the Writers Guld of America kicked off what would become painful dual Hollywood labor strikes, forcing talent to join picket lines and many films to delay release. Somewhere in work stoppages, individuals familiar with “A Little Prayer” said, the SPC acquisition could not be finalized. The...

Horror remakes get a bad rap – and let’s be honest, they often deserve it. For every clever reimagining, we’ve sat through a dozen limp reboots that sucked the life (and the scares) right out of the original. But sometimes, a remake comes along that doesn’t just cash in on nostalgia; it sharpens, reinvents, or even surpasses the source material.

With fresh remakes like Wolf Man (2025) and Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein reboot lighting up horror headlines, now’s the perfect time to revisit the remakes that proved this subgenre can deliver more than lazy copy-paste thrills. Here’s our list of horror reboots and remakes that earned their place in the genre’s blood-soaked hall of fame.

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A Little Prayer

Playwright and filmmaker Angus MacLachlan's A Little Prayer follows Bill (David Strathairn), an elderly father who desperately wants to protect his daughter-in-law Tammy (Jane Levy) after he discovers his son David (Will Pullen) is having an affair. Meanwhile, daughter Patti (Anna Camp), who has walked out on her husband again, turns up with her little girl Hadley (Billie Roy). Bill does his best to keep his suspicions from his wife Venida (Cecilia Weston), but struggling to engage his son in conversation, reminders of his own mistakes resurface.

MacLachlan directorial credits include the 2014 comedy-drama Goodbye To All That, about a man who experiences a series of one night stands after his wife suddenly announces she wants a divorce, and 2017's Abundant Acreage Available, which follows two siblings confront a surprising revelation after their father's death. He has also written the plays Junebug and The Dead Eye Boy.

Bruce Campbell, known for his roles in Evil Dead and Bubba Ho-Tep, is ready to join the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds crew, even if he didn’t exactly know what the show was at first.

At the Star Trek: Strange New Worlds panel during Emerald City Comic Con 2025, Strange New Worlds star Anson Mount (Captain Pike) said he’d do anything to get Bruce Campbell to guest star on the show. The news made it to Campbell, who was at the event for a Dead by Dawn panel with Evil Dead co-star Jane Levy.

When Campbell heard about Mount’s request, he didn’t quite know what Strange New Worlds was. “When you say Strange New Worlds,” he asked, “You’re referring to a show that exists? We would probably have to start by letting me know what the show is. What is the show?”

After learning that...

Remember the cult hit from 1984 that made Troma Entertainment notorious for its schlockiness? Finally, The Toxic Avenger is returning to the big screen once again. The franchise has been equally funny, brutal, and strangely charming. The original film mixed slapstick violence with a bit of satire. After many decades, the reboot looks to be authentic to its roots while introducing something new for the younger audience.

However, the path to this remake has not been easy. After premiering to a select audience, the film mysteriously disappeared. The movie even had big names like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Guillermo Del Toro attached to it at some points. Now that it appears to be finished, let’s explore the actors, storyline, and all the relevant details on this radioactive resurrection.

Makers and cast of The Toxic Avenger

Peter Dinklage leads the cast of The Toxic Avenger. He plays Winston Gooze, who is a...

A hero is coming to clean up our streets this summer, and it's not Superman. The grimy world of Troma Entertainment will be back on the big screen with The Toxic Avenger, the much-anticipated remake of Lloyd Kaufman's comedy horror cult classic, written and directed by Macon Blair. In place of Mitch Cohen/Mark Torgl as the titular Toxie, Game of Thrones Emmy winner Peter Dinklagehas stepped in to wield the mop and see if the bad guys "have any guts," playing a more sympathetic version of the iconic character who's going through hard times. As part of Collider's Exclusive Preview event for the upcoming slate of movies this year, we can offer an exclusive new image of the former Lannister transformed into a radioactive savior of the downtrodden.

In Blair's The Toxic Avenger, Dinklage plays Winston Gooze, an unfortunate janitor whose hard-luck life gets flipped on its...

Stephen King superfans, especially those who have read the books in the "Dark Tower" series (currently being adapted by Mike Flanagan), will be able to tell you that many of the author's stories interconnect in unexpected ways. For instance: in the original novel of King's "It," Dick Halloran from "The Shining" appears and interacts with one of the story's child protagonists. There is a scene in "Wizard and Glass," the fourth "Dark Tower" novel, where the characters visit the plague-ridden reality of King's "The Stand." The character of Father Callahan from "Salem's Lot" becomes one of the main characters of the "Dark Tower" series. There are also several King stories that take place in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. There are many other connections that a deep-cut King reader could add to this list.

In 2018, television honchos Sam Shaw and Dustin Thomason decided to take advantage of their...

The latest pulse-pounding sensation taking the cinema by storm is the Bill Skarsgård and Anthony Hopkins-led action thrillerLocked, which features the Nosferatu star as a cocky carjacker who discovers he is in over his head after he becomes trapped in a greatly modified car belonging to an enigmatic sociopath looking to teach the thief a brutal lesson. A remake of the Argentinian film 4x4, Locked has already earned promising reviews and is leaving audiences squirming in their seats as they watch in terror as Skarsgård fights for the upper hand.

The thriller's gripping premise is reminiscent of a 2016 horror hit that also dominated the silver screen, with Fede Álvarez's deeply unnerving hit Don't Breathefocusing on a young thief and her friends who find themselves in a terrifying situation after attempting to rob a blind veteran of his secret stash, only to realize they're trapped and being hunted by the older man.

Fede Álvarez's blood-soaked Evil Dead remake will be available to stream for free starting April 1.

Just over 20 years after Sam Raimi's Army of Darkness landed in theaters, Álvarez helped usher in a new era for the iconic horror franchise with his 2013 reboot, Evil Dead. The film, which lands on Tubi next month,tossed aside the more comedic elements of the prior films in favor of a darker and meaner tone but doesn't forget to include tons of blood and gore, which remains a franchise staple. Álvarez's more sinister reboot proved a success as the film earned $97.5 million at the worldwide box office and was generally well-received at the time, having earned a 63% Rotten Tomatoes score.

The film centers around Mia, a drug addict who heads to a remote cabin in the woods with her brother and a group of friends to help rid herself of the habit. However,...

No matter the time of year, Shudder always has an extensive supply of horror films to satisfy its subscribers. Spring might be quickly approaching, but spooky season never ends with this streaming service. This month, the platform is guaranteed to have even more gruesome and terrifying films for everyone to enjoy.

From comedic slasher flicks to vampires and the supernatural, Shudder will have just about every subgenre viewers could possibly want. Whether horror fans want blood and gore or psychological thrillers, the platform has them covered. No matter what audiences want to see this month, Shudder will certainly have something for them.

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Based on the comic book miniseries of the same name, 30 Days of Night unfolds in the small town of Barrow, Alaska, during their yearly polar night, in which the sun doesn’t rise for 30 days. After strange occurrences begin...

NBC's latest "Suits" spin-off has finally arrived, introducing fans to a new setting, fresh characters, and more unique cases in the world of law. Centering around Ted Black (Stephen Amell) and the other characters who work at his firm, "Suits LA" tackles everything from murder mysteries to Hollywood drama, with the latter opening the door to some fun celebrity cameos. However, the Dylan Pryor character looks set to be at the heart of the celebrity-centric chaos in season 1, and viewers who grew up watching Nickelodeon shows might recognize her from a pair of classics.

The "Suits LA" season 1 premiere, "Seven Days a Week and Twice on a Sunday," introduces Dylan as an in-demand actor who Ted's firm wants to represent. He plays it cool and pretends that no skin will fall off his nose if she chooses a competitor, but we later learn that Ted really wants Dylan to be his client.

After an incredible third installment, the hit sci-fi horror series From was renewed for a 10-episode fourth season in November 2024, and fans have been buzzing with excitement ever since. Everyone wants to know what new horrors await the residents of the nightmarish town, but unfortunately, we won't be seeing this beloved show return to our screens until sometime next year.

From season 4 was confirmed for a 2026 release when the renewal was announced. Production on the fourth season is slated to begin this year in Nova Scotia, where the previous three seasons were shot, but a filming start date has not been revealed. Also, given that this show heavily utilizes special effects, we can likely expect a longer post-production period. This is likely the reason why we won't be seeing From season 4 until next year. It's the lengthy filmmaking process. While this is extremely disappointing for fans, we're expecting the wait...

While the Sundance Film Festival mulls a big move for 2027, the 2025 program, its 41st edition, kicked off January 23 in Utah, and you can look below for all of Deadline’s reviews from the fest.

Sundance founder Robert Redford promised that audiences “can expect a 2025 program that showcases varied and vibrant filmmaking globally.” Running through February 2, the lineup includes more than 85 features and six episodic projects set to screen in Park City, Salt Lake City and online.

Below is a compilation of our reviews from the fest. Click on the movie’s title to read our full take.

Atropia ‘Atropia’

Section: U.S. Dramatic Competition

Director-screenwriter: Hailey Gates

Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy

Deadline’s takeaway: Ripe with aughts nostalgia around the Og iPod, frosted lip gloss and Guy Fieri’s favorite flame-printed shirts, Atropia is ultimately a clever meditation on the atmosphere of war...

Inspired by such plummy wartime satires as Robert Altman’s M*A*S*H* and Ernst Lubitsch’s To Be or Not to Be, writer-director Hailey Gates’s Atropia looks at the U.S. invasion of Iraq and the War on Terror with a cockeyed air of farcical anti-drama. And despite its lack of apparent insight, the film trips and stumbles its way into a stirring anti-war message through a mountain of inspired inanities and heartfelt romance.

Fayruz (Alia Shawkat) is the best actor in Atropia, a.k.a. “The Box,” a fake country set up in the California desert as an immersive live-play scenario to train American combat troops before they deploy for Iraq. Giving her all to roles such as “Atropian DVD seller” or “mustard gas chemist,” Fayruz treats Atropia as a stepping stone to a career in Hollywood, always insisting that the next rotation will be her...

The short-to-feature pipeline has led to some absolutely incredible films in the history of Sundance: Napoleon Dynamite, Obvious Child, and even this year’s The Ballad of Wallis Island. Actress and journalist Hailey Gates makes her feature debut as a writer-director with the satirical Atropia, an unfunny comedy that squanders its intriguing concept and talented cast.

Atropia Review

Atropia follows an aspiring actress who takes an unusual job: playing a role in war simulations in a training camp designed to replicate the streets of Iraq for U.S. soldiers. Things become even more complicated when she falls in love with another performer — a former soldier who has been cast as an insurgent.

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While this premise sounds like it would offer a biting satire of the war in the Middle East, Atropia feels frustratingly out of touch.

It's Jan. 31, and the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards have been presented at a ceremony for the winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling thrived yet again in Utah. The 2025 Festival, taking place now through February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, events, and more in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. All feature award-winning films are available online nationwide now through February 2. Select award-winning films will screen in person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets can be purchased here. The awards were compiled in a press release:

Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.

Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic...

A still from Atropia by Hailey Gates, an official selection of the 2025 Sundance Film Festival (Photo Courtesy of Sundance Institute)

Atropia starring Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner earned the U.S. Grand Jury Prize: U.S. Dramatic Competition award at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, and Seeds was named the U.S. Documentary Competition winner. The 2025 winners were announced today during a ceremony held at The Ray Theatre in Park City.

Additional Grand Jury Prize winners include Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) and Cutting Through Rocks. Audience Awards went to Twinless (U.S. Dramatic Competition), André is an Idiot (U.S. Documentary Competition), DJ Ahmet (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), Prime Minister (World Cinema Documentary Competition), and East of Wall (Next).

“We congratulate all of our filmmakers and award winners on a successful 2025 Sundance Film Festival and thank them for the stories they shared with our audiences,” stated Amanda Kelso, Acting CEO, Sundance Institute.

Park City, Utah, January 31, 2025 — Today the 2025 Sundance Film Festival awards were presented at a ceremony for the jury and audience award–winning films at The Ray Theatre in Park City, where independent storytelling was celebrated ahead of the Festival’s conclusion. The 2025 Festival, taking place now through February 2, has featured premieres, screenings, talks, events, and more in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. All feature award-winning films are available online nationwide now through February 2. Select award-winning films will screen in person for ticketholders and passholders. Tickets can be purchased at festival.sundance.org/tickets.

Grand Jury Prizes went to Atropia (U.S. Dramatic Competition), Seeds (U.S. Documentary Competition), Sabar Bonda (Cactus Pears) (World Cinema Dramatic Competition), and Cutting Through Rocks (اوزاک یوللار) (World Cinema Documentary Competition). The Next Innovator Award presented by Adobe was given to Zodiac Killer Project.

Audience awards for films in competition were presented by Acura to Twinless (U.

Awards for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival were handed out on Friday morning, with the Dylan O’Brien-fronted dark comedy “Twinless” taking home the audience award in the U.S. Dramatic Competition category. The film, which received a warm response upon its debut at the beginning of the festival, hails from writer/director/co-star James Sweeney and follows two strangers who meet in a twin bereavement support group. O’Brien also won a special jury award for acting for his work in the film.

Writer/director Hailey Gates’ “Atropia” won the U.S. Grand Jury Prize in the Dramatic category, scoring top honors for a film that started life as a documentary. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film stars Alia Shawkat as an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent. Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny and Tim Heidecker co-star.

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A date is now on the calendar for the reboot of The Toxic Avenger. After it was recently reported that the film was aiming for a release this year, the film's exact theatrical release date has just been announced.

Per Deadline, Cineverse has dated The Toxic Avenger for a Labor Day weekend release in theaters on Aug. 29, 2025. It will mark a wait of about two years for the film to get its wide release after first premiering at Fantastic Fest in Austin, Texas, in September 2023. Fans have been anticipating the release, especially with the reboot garnering unexpectedly high praise from critics who caught it at Fantastic Fest. The movie holds a score of 92% on Rotten Tomatoes with its early reviews.

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The Stay in LA campaign is growing.

Five days after launching the campaign – designed to encourage more production to return to the city following the devastating wildfires – the group now has over 15,000 signatures to its petition.

This now includes A-listers such as Keanu Reeves and Bette Midler.

Rian Johnson, Patty Jenkins, Joey King, Zooey Deschanel, Joshua Jackson, Olivia Wilde, Alex Winter, Kevin Bacon, Connie Britton, Charlie Hunnam, Sian Heder and Jason Reitman are among the signatories to the grassroots campaign, which was launched by Alexandra Pechman and Sarah Adina Smith.

Pechman, who has written on series such as Syfy’s Channel Zero and Hulu’s Into The Dark, and Sarah Adina Smith, who has directed episodes of Apple’s Lessons in Chemistry and FX’s Legion, started the campaign with a group of about 30 filmmakers and showrunners including Nick Antosca, Julie Plec, Michael Sucsy, and Alex Winter in partnership with CA United,...

Channing Tatum is going to war at this year's Sundance Film Festival — sort of. The actor has apparently taken the 2025 fest by storm thanks to a reportedly scene-stealing cameo in Hailey Gates' directorial debut, Atropia. The buzzed-about film tells the wildly true story of the fake Iraqi villages created by Hollywood craftspeople on U.S. military bases throughout the country, populated by actors and stuntpeople in order to help troops prepare for the 8-year war that began in 2003.

And according to a new report from Variety, the Alia Shawkat and Callum Turner-led "screwball comedy about the military industrial complex" has made a real name for itself as a festival standout, thanks to Tatum's turn as an A-list actor trying to gain some street cred while preparing for a role.

According to Variety's reporting, "Tatum is perfect as a douchey A-lister, looking for authenticity and street cred alongside real soldiers in a make-believe scenario.

In writer-director Hailey Gates’ directorial debut Atropia, she dives into the Bush-era culture of toxic masculinity, nationalism and Islamophobia with an amusing and profoundly absurdist sense of satire.

Set in 2006, Atropia takes place at the titular U.S. military training ground in the California desert, where actors role-play as villagers in countries where the government plans to invade. Alia Shawkat stars as Fayruz, an ambitious actress determined to make her big break in Hollywood while working in the simulation, despite her conflicting feelings about the war in Iraq.

Although her parents accuse her of betraying her culture as they disapprove of her preparing soldiers to invade their country, the training ground is the only place casting her type (not a surprise for that era of Hollywood). The fractured relationship with her family represents an all-too-real generational divide for many children of immigrants through a heartfelt, yet cheeky portrayal by Shawkat.

Day 3 of the Sundance Film Festival continues with premiering films today, from writer Hailey Gates’ directorial debut, Atropia, to James Griffiths’ The Ballad of Wallis Island.

Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, and Hailey Gates graced the red carpet at the Eccles Theatre on Jan 25 for the premiere of director Gates’ comedy, Atropia. Produced by Luca Guadagnino, the film follows an aspiring actress who falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent while training at a military role-playing facility. Their nonsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. The film also stars Tim Heidecker and Jane Levy.

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Later, Griffiths presented the premiere of his latest film, The Ballad of Wallis Island, starring Tom Basden and Tim Key, opposite Carey Mulligan, Sian Clifford, and Akemnji Ndifornyen. Basden and Key, longtime collaborators who previously brought their 2015 film Two Films About Loneliness to Sundance,...

Here are the films mentioned most often by buyers and sellers setting up shop at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival. The action begins Thursday.

Atropia – Director: Hailey Gates. Cast: Alia Shawkat, Callum Turner, Chloë Sevigny, Tim Heidecker, Jane Levy. When an aspiring actress in a military role-playing facility falls in love with a soldier cast as an insurgent, their unsimulated emotions threaten to derail the performance. U.S. Dramatic Competition; Premiere: January 25 @ noon Mt, Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 26 @ 10 a.m., Holiday Village Cinemas 4

Bubble & Squeak – Director: Evan Twohy. Cast: Himesh Patel, Sarah Goldberg, Steven Yeun, Dave Franco, Matt Berry. Accused of smuggling cabbages into a nation where cabbages are banned, Declan and Delores must confront the fragility of their new marriage while on the run for their lives. U.S. Dramatic Competition; Premiere: January 24 @ 6:15 p.m., Eccles Theatre; P.I.: January 25 @ 4 p.m., Holiday Village Cinemas...

Years after its completion, the new take on The Toxic Avenger has just gotten an exciting release update. After only having limited screenings in the past, the movie is now confirmed to be having a wide release this year.

Per Variety, Cinverse has announced that the reboot of The Toxic Avenger will have an unrated wide release in theaters in 2025. An exact date was not revealed, but the update confirms that the movie will be coming to the big screen rather than going straight to streaming. Starring Game of Thrones fan favorite Peter Dinklage, the new take on the classic Troma Entertainment film was directed by Macon Blair (I Don't Feel at Home in This World Anymore), who addressed the update in a statement.

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Last year, Alien fans were gifted a new film in the series, Alien: Romulus. Even though this is technically a prequel to Aliens, it still got people excited. There’s a reason behind that, and it’s Fede Alvarez. He’s a director who has a knack for creating intense, suspenseful atmospheres. His approach brings a fresh and thrilling perspective to the iconic horror, action and suspense genres. On this episode of Horror Revisited, we are going to revisit the rundown neighborhoods of Detroit… Buena Vista Street to be precise. And, pay a visit to the old blind man. Just try not to get caught and make sure you Don’t Breathe.

Back in 2013, theaters were graced with a reboot of The Evil Dead, aptly named, Evil Dead. Fede Alvarez wanted to direct this. Mostly because of his admiration for the original film. While some scoffed at the idea of rebooting a horror classic,...

The “Evil Dead” movies have been the brainchild of Sam Raimi, who was very much inspired by the works of Hp Lovecraft and the mythology of the “Necronomicon.” The Necronomicon is usually a fictional grimoire appearing in Lovecraft’s horror tales. In the Evil Dead movies, the “Necronomicon Ex-Mortis” is the fictional grimoire usually playing havoc upon a group of unsuspecting inhabitants who chance upon the book (usually in a cabin in the woods) and attempt to read it, causing chaos.

Practical effects usually characterize the “Evil Dead” movies, with ample amounts of gore and a blend of horror and dark comedy, at least in terms of the original trilogy that Raimi directed. The newer versions skew more towards a dark, horror bent, but the gore remains consistent. Also consistent is the protagonist, Ash Williams (Bruce Campbell), who appears in all five films as well as the television series.

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If you have ever heard the phrase “sex sells,” then you probably know how true that statement is and it’s no different for the streaming king Netflix. They know that while they can make great shows with complex and entertaining stories at the end of the day they will also have to make some interesting erotic films and TV shows to attract more viewers and to incentivize the current audience members to stay subscribed to the streaming service. This was proved by Netflix buying the 365 Days film series which stayed on Netflix’s Top 10 list for multiple weeks. That’s why we are here to tell you the sexiest movies and TV shows you can watch on Netflix right now.

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With the abundance of incredible TV shows across a variety of genres, it's no surprise that amazing shows slip under the radar and don't have the strong fan base and hype they deserve. Underrated TV shows often have great reviews but are drowned out by the myriad of popular shows that take over social media and the public consciousness. These types of underdog TV shows risk being canceled too soon, despite having a strongly passionate fan base.

A wide variety of underrated TV shows did not get the attention or praise they deserved, ranging from heartwarming comedies to jaw-dropping high-octane action series. Despite not becoming popular like some high-budget TV shows with a star-studded cast and incredible visual effects, underrated shows managed to garner a dedicated fan base that stuck with the show throughout the years.

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Hulu is definitely one of the most underrated streaming services out there as it is one of the biggest streaming services in the world but it doesn’t have as much flashy content as its other counterparts like Netflix or Prime Video. If you are a horror fan, then you will find many great shows, including the long-running anthology horror series American Horror Story. So, here are the best horror shows you should check out right now.

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It's a cinephile's favorite time of year! While some of the biggest and best films are released in the waning weeks of December, the Sundance Institute gets everyone excited about what's to come in the new year. The 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival were recently announced, and it's a great mix of bold independent storytelling. The festival will take place from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. Single Film Tickets for in-person and online screenings go on sale Jan. 16 at 10 a.m. Mt. Members of Sundance will have access to a Single Film Ticket pre-sale, and limited quantities of passes and packages remain on sale. Visit the Sundance Film Festival site here for more info.

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Today the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, revealing a lineup full of bold independent storytelling. The Festival will take place from January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films and more available online from January 30–February 2, 2025, for audiences across the country. The 2025 Festival will kick off on Thursday, January 23, with premieres in Park City every day through the end of Tuesday, January 28. Additional showings will take place in Park City and Salt Lake City throughout the Festival until Sunday, February 2. Over 11 days, world debuts of projects across program categories will highlight fresh voices, entertaining stories, and groundbreaking works. Beginning January 30, more than half the feature program will be available online for audiences nationwide to watch from home at festival.sundance.org. The curated online program will include all competition titles,...

Top L–R: The Legend of Ochi, Rabbit Trap, East of Wall, Seeds Center Row L–R: Rebuilding, Together, Love, Brooklyn, Jimpa Bottom L–R: Hal & Harper, Selena y Los Dinos, The Dating Game, Brides screen at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival‘s lineup will include 87 feature films and six episodic projects. Sundance received 15,775 submissions from 156 countries, including 4,138 feature-length film submissions. The 87 films selected represent 33 countries and territories, with 36 of the chosen films coming from first-time feature filmmakers.

“The Sundance Film Festival remains steadfast in its commitment to elevating unique and urgent voices in independent storytelling. Audiences can expect a 2025 program that showcases varied and vibrant filmmaking globally,” stated Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Founder and President.

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival will run January 23rd through February 2nd. For ticket information, visit festival.sundance.org.

“The Festival is our most significant public program as an Institute and builds...

Our first glimpse at 2025 independent cinema has arrived with the unveiling of next month’s Sundance Film Festival, taking place January 23–February 2, 2025, in person in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah, with all of the competition films and more available online from January 30–February 2, 2025 across the country.

Curated from 15,775 submissions from 156 countries or territories, including 4,138 feature-length films, the 87 selected feature-length films include Andrew Ahn’s The Wedding Banquet; Ira Sachs’ Peter Hujar’s Day starring Ben Whishaw and Rebecca Hall; Amalia Ulman’s El Planeta follow-up Magic Farm starring Chloë Sevigny and Alex Wolff; the Josh O’Connor-led Rebuilding, from A Love Song director Max Walker-Silverman; Mary Bronstein’s If I Had Legs I’d Kick You with Rose Byrne, A$AP Rocky, and Conan O’Brien; the Isabelle Huppert-led Luz; Love, Brooklyn starring André Holland; Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson’s Sly Lives! (aka The Burden of Black Genius); Elegance Bratton...

The next “A Real Pain” might be found in the 2025 Sundance Film Festival film lineup, which was announced on Wednesday.

Next year’s festival includes several big names, including Jennifer Lopez (“Kiss of the Spider Woman”), Carey Mulligan (“The Ballad of Wallis Island”), and Josh O’Connor (“Rebuilding”). Notable directors with films at the festival include Oscar winner Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson (“Sly Lives! aka The Burden of Black Genius”), Oscar winner Davis Guggenheim (“Deaf President Now!”), and Oscar winner Barry Levinson (“Bucks County”).

This year, several top indie features premiered at Sundance, including “A Real Pain,” a top awards contender, and films like “Didi,” “A Different Man,” “Daughters,” and “Sugarcane.”

“The Sundance Film Festival remains steadfast in its commitment to elevating unique and urgent voices in independent storytelling. Audiences can expect a 2025 program that showcases varied and vibrant filmmaking globally,” said Robert Redford, Sundance Institute Founder and President.

“The Festival is...

The 2025 Sundance Film Festival revealed the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the festival on Wednesday, announcing that new films starring Jennifer Lopez, Dylan O’Brien, Chloe Sevigny, André Holland, Conan O’Brien and Olivia Colman will debut in Park City in January.

Ahead of the festival, which runs from from Jan. 23 to Feb. 2, TheWrap spoke to Eugene Hernandez, Director, Sundance Film Festival and Public Programming and Kim Yutani, Sundance Film Festival Director of Programming, about this year’s festival – what people should look out for and if they’re ready for the Sundance arrival of Lopez, whose new version of “Kiss of the Spider Woman” from director Bill Condon is one of the buzzier titles at the festival.

Considering this is awards season, Hernandez said that Sundance is “the crystal ball.” “This is the chance to look into the future,” Hernandez said. And he’s right – current Oscar contenders...

Sundance, as ever, is coming, and fast. Today, the nonprofit Sundance Institute announced the 87 feature films and six episodic projects selected for the 2025 Sundance Film Festival, with more announcements expected in the coming weeks. While the festival may be moving in 2027, for 2025, it will be out in full force in its traditional home of Park City, Utah.

This year’s lineup includes a number of returning names, including Ira Sachs, Amy Berg, Andrew Ahn, Justin Lin, Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, Cooper Raiff, Kahlil Joseph, Heidi Ewing & Rachel Grady, David France, Jesse Short Bull, Ryan White, Sophie Hyde, Jesse Moss & Amanda McBaine, Meera Menon, and Clint Bentley. But there are also a hefty number of newbies joining these ranks, as the 2025 program is composed of 36 of 87 (41 percent) feature film directors who are first-time feature filmmakers. Mostly, new work will be on offer, as the film and episodic slate includes 89 (or 96 percent) world premieres.

The 2025 line-up for the Sundance Film Festival has been announced.

This year’s fest features the latest projects from Oscar winners, studio filmmakers, and indie stalwarts like Justin Lin, Ira Sachs, Barry Levinson, and Questlove while the U.S. Dramatic Competition section is made of selections from directors new to the Park City fest.

“The combination of these new voices and some of these filmmakers who might be more household names, speaks to the the power of independent cinema and how, no matter where you are in your career, you are drawn to this community that Sundance has helped build over the years,” Sundance director of programming Kim Yutani told The Hollywood Reporter. Of the 87 feature films announced thus far, 36 titles (41 percent) are directed by first-time feature film directors.

Across the line-up, talents like Jennifer Lopez, Dev Patel, Bowen Yang, Chloë Sevigny, Olivia Colman, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Ayo Edebiri star in fest films,...

The Sundance Film Festival is still deliberating about where to move in 2027, but in the meantime, the 2025 festival will go on in Park City and Salt Lake City, Utah. On Wednesday, the festival announced its Features and Episodic lineup, with a rich selection of independent projects that feature a lot of big names.

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Rebecca is quickly learning the dangers of the oil industry in Landman. Wallace has been enjoying a rise in popularity since making guest appearances in the likes of the ABC medical drama The Good Doctor and Jane Levy-led Zooey's Extraordinary Playlist. The Taylor Sheridan-co-created neo-Western drama serves as her second major TV role after starring in six seasons of the Hallmark period drama When Calls the Heart.

Wallace stars in Landman as Rebecca Falcone, a lawyer from metropolitan Texas who is hired to investigate both an explosion on an oil rig that killed three crew members, as well as the destruction of a private jet stolen by a Mexican drug cartel on a road owned by the oil company that left everyone, including one of their drivers, dead. Working to protect her clients, Rebecca begins spending a lot of time...

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Teacup is a sci-fi mystery horror thriller drama series created by Ian McCulloch. Based on the 1988 book Stinger by author Robert R. McCammon, the Peacock series is set on an isolated ranch in rural Georgia and it follows the Chenoweth family and their neighbors who are trapped in an invisible barrier while they fight against a mysterious threat that wants to kill them. Teacup stars Yvonne Strahovski, Scott Speedman, Chaske Spencer, Kathy Baker, Boris McGiver, Diany Rodriguez, Caleb Dolden, Émilie Bierre, Bill Heck, and Rob Morgan. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, sci-fi horror elements, and compelling characters in Teacup here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Don’t Move is a crime thriller film co-directed by Adam Schindler and Brian Netto from a screenplay co-written by Tj Cimfel and David White. The Netflix film follows the story of a grieving young woman who recently lost her son. One day she is kidnapped by a seasoned serial killer and given a paralytic agent which will soon render her paralyzed but until then she has to do everything she can to save her life. Don’t Move stars Kelsey Asbille and Finn Wittrock in the lead roles with Moray Treadwell and Daniel Francis starring in supporting roles. So, if you loved the intensely thrilling experience, heart-pumping horror, and compelling characters in Don’t Move here are some similar movies you should check out next.

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Exclusive: Actor and comedian Paul Reiser is back behind the mic with Life, Death and Rice Pudding, a new stand-up special for Comedy Dynamics, which is his first in over three decades. Directed by Comedy Dynamics CEO Brian Volk-Weiss, the special premieres across platforms on November 19. Check out a trailer above.

Reiser’s new hour comes on the heels of Paul Reiser: 3 ½ Blocks from Home and Paul Reiser: Out on a Whim, which were respectively released in 1991 and 1987. In it, he discloses the secret to successful downsizing, explains why the whole “Do unto others” thing doesn’t work in marriage, and why boiling pasta naked is never a good idea. And for absolutely no additional charge, you will come to understand why finding raisins in rice pudding underscores the very meaning of life.

Volk-Weiss and Reiser exec produced alongside Cisco Henson, Michael Pelmont, and Doug Edley.

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Fatal Seduction is an erotic thriller series with little to offer as a smart television series but a lot to offer as a guilty pleasure. Created by Steven Pillemer, the Netflix series follows a married woman who goes on a weekend trip where she cheats on her husband because they have been having trouble in their marriage for a long time. Add a murder mystery to that storyline and Fatal Seduction runs like any erotic thriller. So, if you loved the erotic scenes and the thrilling mystery in Fatal Seduction here are some similar erotic thriller shows you should check out next.

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The Real Murders on Elm Street, the latest true-crime enthusiasts' obsession that currently airs on the ID Channel and the Max streaming service, may shamelessly be tying into the Elm Street name to attract possible Freddy Krueger aficionados, but the horror stories that have been featured are truly the stuff of living nightmares. As Freddy said in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, "Every town has an Elm Street," and this true-crime series details suburban towns across America that have been the subject of murders that have occurred on their very own Elm Street.

All the episodes have been chilling in their own right, but the fifth episode, "What Lies Beneath," has been the most chilling to date as it eerily mirrors Fede lvarez's 2016 horror film,...